Photosynthesis
The main pigment in plants
What is chlorophyll?
Lipids that store energy and provide cushioning for organs
What are triglycerides?
Organelle that stores DNA
The nucleic acid that stores genetic information
What is DNA?
An educated guess one makes when conducting experiments
What is a hypothesis?
The gaseous by-product of photosynthesis
What is oxygen?
The primary component of cell membranes
What are phospholipids?
Organelles with a low pH and hydrolytic enzymes that break down cellular waste products and pathogens
What are lysosomes?
The structure of DNA
What is the double helix?
A chemical bond in which electrons are shared between two atoms
What are covalent bonds?
Site of gas exchange on leaves
What are stomata?
Phospholipids are made of a glycerol head group attached to two ________ ______ tails
What are fatty acids?
Organelle that produces proteins and lipids
What is the endoplasmic reticulum?
The nucleic acid that acts as a messenger for genetic information; also has functions in gene regulation and protein synthesis
What is RNA?
A molecule that reduces enzyme function
What is an inhibitor?
Stacks of thylakoids in chloroplasts
A key component of cell membranes necessary to maintain membrane fluidity
What is cholesterol?
Organelle where most of cellular respiration takes place
What are mitochondria?
DNA --> RNA --> protein
Energy can be neither created nor destroyed, only transformed
What is the Principle of the Conservation of Energy?
A high energy electron carrier (not ATP) used in photosynthesis
What is NADPH?
The two elements that primarily make up lipids
What are carbon and hydrogen?
Free-floating organelles that produce proteins
What are ribosomes?
The type of bond that holds together complementary bases in DNA
What are hydrogen bonds?
The element that makes up most of the human body by mass
What is oxygen?